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Excerpt from The United States Forest Policy The writer wishes also to acknowledge valuable suggestions from Mr. R. S. Kellogg, regarding points touching the lumber industry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Forest Policy No-where more than in the United States is all public policy meant to be dictated by the people. For the benefit of the people and for the benefit of American forestry, a handbook might come in good stead giving the principles and the effects of a truly American forest policy. The present treatise, the contents of which are tabulated on pages 8, 9 and 10, does not pretend to fill the place of a comprehensive handbook: It is intended, primarily, for the use of the students attending the Biltmore Forest School; it forms the last part of an encyclopedic textbook of forestry (comprising silviculture, utilization, finance, mensuration and working plans) written by the author since 1898 on behalf of the Biltmore Forest Sch-001. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Forest Policies and Forest Management in Germany and British India The conditions which a hundred years ago in uenced the policies of the European nations namely, the necessity of looking out for continuance of domestic supplies - are at present well overcome, provided the supplies in other countries last and can readily be secured. In regard to supplies, the European countries may be grouped into those which produce as yet more than they need, namely: Russia, austria-hungary, Servia, Sweden and Norway, which are, therefore, exporters; those which produce large quantities of forest products, but not sufficient for their needs, Germany, France, Switzerland; those which depend largely or almost entirely on importation, England, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Forests and Forestry in the American States: A Reference Anthology Forestry as a matter of public policy is scarcely over 80 years old in America. As a profession, it is barely over 65. As a definitive science it is about 50. Forestry came to the United States in several distinct stages. Born as an idea in the minds of a few men and women, it sprang into adolescence as a political movement in the last decades of the nineteenth century. It matured as it grew into a profession Shortly after the beginning of the twentieth. It is now, as a science, just entering its prime, its finest years still ahead. American forestry grew up pragmatically in the same way that its parent, the American political system, flourished. An idea was tried. If it worked, it was retained. If it did not, it was cast aside. This trial and error approach to national policy is uniquely possible in the United States because of the country's political structure. Because the states of the Union have retained large areas of sovereignty to themselves, the American nation is much like a network of great laboratories with a wide range of social, economic, and political experiments going on all the time. In no field has this trying and testing been more appropriate than in the field of forestry. Woodland conditions vary so radically from one part of the continent to an other that a national plan for forestry, even if it had been politically possible, would probably have been impossible technically during the infant years of the science. Instead the diversity of political and physical conditions in the states led to a healthier, more flexible, and more appropriate set of American forest policies than any centralized approach could have produced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Forest Management: Forest Working Plans Forests cannot be well developed where the development of the whole country is in arrears. Here the owner is compelled to adopt a policy of waiting - waiting for that general development of the country which is sure permanently to improve the value of stumpage. In such cases a working plan resolves itself into a plan for forest protection (against squatters, fires, etc.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Schlich's Manual of Forestry, Vol. 1: Forest Policy in the British Empire The greater part of the dry land of the earth was, at one time or another, covered with forest, which consisted of a variety of trees and shrubs grouped according to the climate, soil and configuration of the several countries. When the old trees reached their limit of life they disappeared, and others took their place. The conditions for an uninterrupted regeneration of the forests were favourable, and the result was vigorous production by the creative power of the soil and climate. Then came man and interfered, not at once but by slow degrees, until in the more civilised countries of the earth the area under forest was considerably reduced. But more than this: the creative power of the soil in the remaining forest lands had, through injudicious and careless treatment, become more or less impaired. Steps had then to be taken to arrest a further reduction of the forest area in many cases the forest had to be re-planted and the original creative power re-established; thus a task presented itself which forestry had to undertake. What is now understood by that term did not spring into existence all at once but was built up gradually, as necessity in various directions arose. As long as forests occupied considerable areas, their produce was considered the free gift of nature, like air and water; man took it, used it and even destroyed it without let or hindrance. Hence Forest Utilization is the oldest branch of forestry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A General Introduction to Forestry in the United States: With Special Reference to Recent Forest Conservation Policies Fig. Typical stand Of virgin longleaf and shortleaf pine in the South. The South contains about 39% Of all the commercial forest area of the country. This is largely southern pine composed of four species (longleaf, shortleaf, loblolly and slash pines). Because of the large areas available in 11 southern and south eastern States, the long, warm growing season, with abundant precipitation and rapid growth, proximity to important domestic and export markets, and the increased areas available for timber growing, this region will probably be the most important one for the growth of lumber and other forest products in the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Some Plain Facts About the Forests The advances made in forest conservation both by public agencies and by progressive industrial and privateoperators merit attention as praiseworthy steps in the right direction. However, we must face realistically the facts of continuing and unnecessary forest deterioration. For us to gloss over the unpleasant facts of the situation will not help in achieving the necessary corrective action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.